Questions & Answers

Can this be mounted to an angled ceiling?

Physically, yes, you can mount these to an angled or slanted ceiling. Although, no, they are not designed for it.

Answered by: JayCarl

Date published: 2017-07-31

What do the wire labels mean? &quot;L&quot; &quot;N&quot; and some strange symbol.

Asked by: JoeSaz

&quot;L&quot; is the black wire
&quot;N&quot; is the white wire
last wire is ground
DO NOT REVERSE &quot;L&quot; and &quot;N&quot; you will end up energizing the screw shell of socket and this is a code violation and dangerous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DO NOT LISTEN to the &quot;DOCTOR&quot;

Answered by: JB

Date published: 2017-05-20

How adjustable is the length?

I have a bar area that I want them mounted over at a lower height. However, when we have people over, I use that area as buffet area, so would like the pendants higher. Are these adjustable like that? How hard is it to do the adjusting?
Wish someone sold the old-fashioned retractable light fixtures that I could buy. That's what I really want.

Asked by: fairlanedaddy

i shortened mine to about 6&quot; in total lenght. I loosened that weird lock screw with the corner of a standard flat head screwdriver. I then cut the wire clean with wire cutters and stripped the wires with a regular stripper tool. It works perfectly

Customer Reviews

1-Light Chrome Adjustable Mini Pendant-DISCONTINUED is rated
3.9 out of
5 by
59.

Rated 4 out of
5 by
MelroseElectric from
Does it's jobWould be a great item, if almost all of the packages weren't missing parts. They all look like return items. Scuffed or scratched. I had to buy one missing the ceiling bracket. I asked a lighting department person why are these are on shelves when they're clearly used. He just walked away

Date published: 2017-09-07

Rated 4 out of
5 by
DIYDave from
Simple and ElegantThis is a great product for the price! The instructions are vague at best. But if you know basic wiring, it is easy to install. This product is designed for rooms with high ceilings. I mounted mine to an angled vaulted ceiling near my front door. I shortened the wire to about 6".
2 cons on this product. The non-standard lock screw for the power wire and the vague instructions

Date published: 2016-09-23

Rated 1 out of
5 by
LHB55 from
Installation PainThese lights are a real pain to install. Unless you have 12' ceilings or plan to hang the light a foot above the floor, you'll have to trim the cord. The instructions say nothing about how to do this. I was able to figure it out, but it's not easy. There are very small nylon screws holding the cord in the canopy. You need a very small flat tip screw driver to loosen. I purchased two fixtures. On one, the screw was frozen and just tore up when I tried to loosen. Because of that I couldn't retighten properly so the cord was slipping in the canopy. I had to resort to duct tape to keep it from pulling through the canopy.
Even more frustrating are the wires. To trim, you'll need to strip off the outer clear sheathing to get to individual wires. Out of the box, each wire has a little label identifying it as hot, common, and ground. Once you cut the cable to desired length, you lose the labels. The problem is that all the wires look the same. I finally noticed that there was an extremely pale green line on the ground wire, but needed a magnifying glass to see it. It was a toss up as to which of the remaining wires were which. I know polarity isn't so important with AC, but still... the wires should be color coded or textured like with some lamp cords so you know hot from common and the ground should be marked more clearly. I basically used the wire's orientation relative to the ground so that I was at least consistent in connecting the two fixtures.
Although they look good and the price was reasonable, if I had to do it again, I'd find something else. What should have take an hour or less took closer to 3.

Date published: 2015-04-01

Rated 5 out of
5 by
DIY505 from
Simple and BeautifulThis was relatively easy to install with absolutely no electrical experience. I purchased an old wire egg basket and the chord on this kit fit perfectly into the existing hole on the bottom of the basket. I decided to swag the fixture so it was centered over my table, and it was extremely easy to do so. It is very lightweight and the chord is strong, but flexible. The oil rubbed bronze finish was not too dark or too light for my taste. I would definitely recommend this to others.

Date published: 2015-03-25

Rated 5 out of
5 by
Bevl from
So "In" style.Sure beats the old over the sink ceiling fixture I replaced! As the kids say it looks "Sweet" and those kids are 35 and 45 years old~~~

Date published: 2013-04-10

Rated 5 out of
5 by
ThierryPDX from
Does the job perfectlyGood quality product matches the description. Easy to install but if you need a cord shorter than 3 ft you will have to cut it as not all of it will fit inside the base, but that is to be expected.

Date published: 2014-01-22

Rated 1 out of
5 by
dissappointed from
Poor appearance, green wire running the length of cord!On the brushed nickle finish kit the wire is completely exposed with a clear casing, which would be fine except for the green wire running through the length of the cord. Very poor design. This does not show on the box so you need to open the box and make sure you like the wire. This needs to be changed for those wanting the brushed finish. We bought four of these only to get home and find out they have the green wire which totally looks awful for our application. Whoever came up with this idea was way off. Now we are looking for another kit that will work with our globe.

Date published: 2013-06-23

Rated 1 out of
5 by
TNLibertarian from
I do not recommend them!!!I bought two of these lights and they were a PAIN to install. The sheath around the three wires is absurdly difficult to cut. The wires are nearly impossible to identify (except for the ground which has a very light green color that runs the length of the wire).
I would have taken them back, but had cut into one of the wires so at that point I was committed.
I think these were the cheapest choice available and I would imagine that the higher end stuff is better, so if you can afford it, I would recommend going with something different.